Antibiotics are essential for treating serious bacterial infections and can be life-saving. However, while they target harmful bacteria, they can also disrupt the balance of good bacteria in the gut ...

Antibiotics are a saviour when infections strike, but they don’t always play favourites inside the body. Along with killing harmful bacteria, they also sweep away the good ones that help digestion, ...

Antibiotics can help you feel better fast, but they’re also known for wiping out the “good” bacteria in your gut that does things like support digestion and keep harmful bacteria in check. Because ...

Antibiotic treatment for bacterial infections can reduce the abundance and diversity of gut bacteria, leading to potentially severe diarrhea and gastrointestinal symptoms. Previous studies suggest ...

Antibiotics play a major role in bacterial infection treatment; however, their overuse disrupts commensal microbiota. Although probiotics can effectively alleviate antibiotic-associated diarrhea, they ...

Not all probiotics are created equal, according to new research from North Carolina State University. In a mouse model, researchers found that different probiotic strains can either accelerate or ...

Antibiotics are important clinical tools for treating bacterial infections, yet we recognize that an important side effect of antibiotic use is disruption of the microbial community living in the ...

Antibiotics are commonly prescribed to treat bacterial infections, but their effects are not always limited to the bacteria ...

A mouse study finds that probiotic supplementation with Enterococcus faecium R0026 and Bacillus subtilis R0179 accelerates recovery of both gastric and intestinal microbiota disrupted by Helicobacter ...

A strict meta-analysis of nine randomized trials finds that adjunctive probiotics probably reduce adverse events during ...